Marc-Andrea Hüsler
Marc-Andrea Hüsler (born 24 June 1996) is a Swiss tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 56, achieved on 5 December 2022. In doubles, he achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 132 on 25 October 2021. He is currently the No. 1 Swiss player.[1]
| Country (sports) | Switzerland |
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| Residence | Rüschlikon, Switzerland |
| Born | 24 June 1996 Zürich, Switzerland |
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) |
| Turned pro | 2016 |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $828,757 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 18–20 (in ATP Tour events) |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 56 (5 December 2022) |
| Current ranking | No. 56 (5 December 2022) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2023) |
| French Open | Q2 (2021) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2022) |
| US Open | 1R (2022) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 14–13 (in ATP Tour events) |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 132 (25 October 2021) |
| Current ranking | No. 289 (5 December 2022) |
| Last updated on: 5 December 2022. | |
Tennis career
2017: ATP debut and first ATP win in doubles
Hüsler made his ATP main-draw doubles debut at the Swiss Indoors tournament, where he partnered former world No 1. Nenad Zimonjić, having received a wildcard into the tournament.[2] The pair defeated Adrian Mannarino and Benoît Paire to give Hüsler a win in his first tour level match, before losing in the quarterfinals to Marcus Daniell and Dominic Inglot.
2018: First Challenger doubles title, ATP singles debut and first win
Hüsler claimed his first ATP Challenger Tour doubles title in his first final, partnering Sem Verbeek at the Winnipeg Challenger.[3]
Just over a week later, Hüsler made his ATP main draw singles debut at the Swiss Open Gstaad, where he recorded his first ATP win defeating former top-10 player Nicolás Almagro in a third-set tiebreaker in the first round, before losing to Facundo Bagnis in the second round.[4] Hüsler received a wildcard into the doubles draw for the Swiss Indoors for the second consecutive year, this time with Verbeek as his partner.[5] The pair upset Michael Venus and Raven Klaasen, the top seeds for the tournament and world No. 7 doubles partnership in the 2018 Doubles Team Race Rankings in the first round.
2019: First Challenger singles title & Top 300 debut
On April 21, 2019, Hüsler won his first Challenger title at the 2019 San Luis Open Challenger Tour by beating Adrian Menendez-Maceiras 7–5-7–6 in the final.[6] As a result, he moved 70 positions up into the top 300 on 22 April at world No. 281 in singles.
2020: Two Challengers titles, First ATP semifinal & Top 150 debut
Hüsler reached the semifinals of the Austrian Open Kitzbühel, where he beat world No. 12 Fabio Fognini in the second round.[7] As a result, he reached the top 150 at world No. 149 on 9 November 2020.
2021: Maiden ATP doubles title
He won his maiden ATP doubles title at the 2021 Swiss Open Gstaad, partnering Dominic Stricker, defeating Polish pair Szymon Walków and Jan Zielinski.
In September, partnering also with Stricker, he reached the final of the 2021 Challenger Biel/Bienne, Switzerland but withdrew. As a result, he reached a month later a new career-high doubles ranking of World No. 132 on 25 October 2021. He also reached the final in singles, where he lost to Liam Broady but climbed to No. 155 on 18 October 2021. He finished the year ranked No. 188 in singles.
2022: Major & Masters & top 60 debut, Swiss No. 1, Maiden ATP singles title
In April he won two more Challenger titles in Mexico. As a result, he reached a career-high ranking of No. 121 on 9 May 2022.
In June, at the 2022 Halle Open he qualified for his first ATP 500 tournament but lost to Mackenzie McDonald. Hüsler made his Grand Slam debut after qualifying for Wimbledon,[8][9] where he lost to lucky loser Hugo Grenier, who was also making his debut, in the first round in five sets.[10][11]
At the 2022 Swedish Open he defeated seventh seed Holger Rune in the first round before losing to Laslo Djere. As a result, he reached the top 100 at World No. 99 on 18 July 2022. He became the Swiss No. 1 player until 8 August 2022.
At the 2022 Winston-Salem Open he reached only his second career quarterfinal as a qualifier after getting a second round bye after seventh seed Sebastian Baez withdrew, defeating previous year finalist and wildcard Mikael Ymer and defending champion and eleventh seed Ilya Ivashka.[12] Next, he reached the semifinals for the second time ever in his career defeating thirteenth seed Jack Draper in straight sets. He was only the fourth qualifier to reach the tournament semifinals ever.[13] As a result, he reached a new career high ranking of No. 85 becoming again the Swiss No. 1 player on 29 August 2022.
At the 2022 Sofia Open he reached his first ATP final with a win over fourth seed Lorenzo Musetti.[14] He defeated again fifth seed Holger Rune to win his maiden ATP title.[15] As a result, he climbed 31 spots to a new career-high of No. 64 in the rankings on 3 October 2022.[16]
He made his Masters 1000 debut at the 2022 Rolex Paris Masters after defeating Hugo Gaston and Laslo Djere in qualifying. On his debut, he defeated 11th seed Jannik Sinner in his first round match.[17] As a result he reached a career-high ranking of world No. 58 on 7 November 2022. He lost to Karen Khachanov in the second round.
Davis Cup
Hüsler made his Davis Cup debut for Switzerland in the 2018 Davis Cup World Group tie with Kazakhstan, where he partnered Luca Margaroli in the doubles. The pair were defeated, coming back from two sets to love down, but losing the fifth set to Timur Khabibulin and Aleksandr Nedovyesov. Hüsler made his singles debut in the following rubber, which by this point was dead as Switzerland were already 3–0 down. Hüsler won in straight sets over Roman Khassanov, salvaging the only point for Switzerland in the tie.[18] He opened up Switzerland's World Group Play-off tie against Sweden, losing from two sets to love up against Markus Eriksson, as Switzerland were relegated from the World Group.
Singles performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Current through the 2022 Australian Open.
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| French Open | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Wimbledon | A | A | NH | Q2 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| US Open | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| National representation | |||||||
| Davis Cup | 1R | QR | A | A | WG1 | 0 / 1 | 1–2 |
| Career statistics | |||||||
| Tournaments | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| Overall win–loss | 2–2 | 0–2 | 4–2 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 6–9 | |
| Year-end ranking | 371 | 277 | 148 | 188 | 58 | 40% | |
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Oct 2022 | Sofia Open, Bulgaria | 250 Series | Hard (i) | Holger Rune | 6–4, 7–6(10–8) |
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2021 | Swiss Open Gstaad, Switzerland | 250 Series | Clay | Dominic Stricker | Szymon Walków Jan Zieliński | 6–1, 7–6(9–7) |
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 9 (7–2)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2017 | Switzerland F5, Sion | Futures | Clay | Hiroyasu Ehara | 6–4, 4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Dec 2017 | Mexico F7, Metepec | Futures | Hard | Gonzalo Escobar | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–1 | Jun 2018 | USA F17, Tulsa | Futures | Hard | Sam Riffice | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 3–1 | Apr 2019 | San Luis Potosí, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Adrián Menéndez Maceiras | 7–5, 7–6(7–3) |
| Win | 4–1 | Sep 2020 | Sibiu, Romania | Challenger | Clay | Tomás Martín Etcheverry | 7–5, 6–0 |
| Win | 5–1 | Oct 2020 | Ismaning, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Botic van de Zandschulp | 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–2), 7–5 |
| Loss | 5–2 | Sep 2021 | Biel/Bienne, Switzerland | Challenger | Hard (i) | Liam Broady | 5-7, 3-6 |
| Win | 6–2 | Apr 2022 | Mexico City, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Tomás Martín Etcheverry | 6-4, 6-2 |
| Win | 7–2 | Apr 2022 | Aguascalientes, Mexico | Challenger | Clay | Juan Pablo Ficovich | 6–4, 4–6, 6–3 |
Doubles: 22 (11–11)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2015 | Italy F5, Santa Margherita di Pula | Futures | Clay | Loïc Perret | Davide Melchiorre Riccardo Sinicropi | 5–7, 0–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2016 | Germany F14, Oberhaching | Futures | Hard (i) | Raphael Baltensperger | Hannes Wagner Louis Wessels | 1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Jun 2017 | Italy F19, Basilicanova | Futures | Clay | Lenny Hampel | Wilson Leite Bruno Sant'Anna | 5–7, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–3 | Jul 2017 | Austria F1, Telfs | Futures | Clay | Lukas Ollert | Pascal Brunner Gavin van Peperzeel | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Loss | 1–4 | Oct 2017 | Germany F14, Oberhaching | Futures | Hard (i) | Neil Pauffley | Johannes Härteis Daniel Masur | 6–4, 5–7, [5–10] |
| Loss | 1–5 | Nov 2017 | Mexico F5, Campeche | Futures | Hard | Jessy Kalambay | José Daniel Bendeck Alejandro Gómez | 3–6, 6–3, [7–10] |
| Win | 2–5 | Nov 2017 | Mexico F6, Monterrey | Futures | Hard | Jessy Kalambay | Gonzalo Escobar Federico Zeballos | 7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
| Win | 3–5 | Feb 2018 | Switzerland F1, Oberentfelden | Futures | Carpet (i) | Jakub Paul | Jan Mertl Michael Vrbenský | 4–6, 7–6(9–7), [10–8] |
| Win | 4–5 | Mar 2018 | France F6, Villers-lès-Nancy | Futures | Hard (i) | Hugo Voljacques | Dan Added Maxime Tchoutakian | 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–3) |
| Win | 5–5 | Jun 2018 | USA F13, Winston-Salem | Futures | Hard | Sem Verbeek | Trevor Allen Johnson Ronnie Schneider | 7–6(9–7), 6–1 |
| Win | 6–5 | Jul 2018 | Canada F5, Saskatoon | Futures | Hard | Sem Verbeek | Alexis Galarneau Benjamin Sigouin | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 7–5 | Jul 2018 | Winnipeg, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Sem Verbeek | Marcel Granollers Gerard Granollers Pujol | 6–7(5–7), 6–3, [14–12] |
| Win | 8–5 | Aug 2018 | Switzerland F3, Sion | Futures | Clay | Jakub Paul | Juan Pablo Ficovich Tomás Lipovšek Puches | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 8–6 | Sep 2018 | Cassis, France | Challenger | Hard | Gonçalo Oliveira | Matt Reid Sergiy Stakhovsky | 2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 8–7 | Nov 2018 | Andria, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | David Pel | Karol Drzewiecki Szymon Walków | 6–7(10–12), 6–2, [9–11] |
| Win | 9–7 | Feb 2019 | Morelos, Mexico | Challenger | Hard | André Göransson | Gonzalo Escobar Luis David Martínez | 6–3, 3–6, [11–9] |
| Loss | 9–8 | Jun 2019 | Shymkent, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Clay | André Göransson | Nikola Ćaćić Yang Tsung-hua | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 10–8 | Oct 2020 | Hamburg, Germany | Challenger | Hard (i) | Kamil Majchrzak | Lloyd Glasspool Alex Lawson | 6–3, 1–6, [20–18] |
| Loss | 10-9 | Jan 2021 | Quimper, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | James Cerretani | Grégoire Barrère Albano Olivetti | 7–5, 6–7(7–9), [8–10] |
| Win | 11–9 | Feb 2021 | Potechefstroom, South Africa | Challenger | Hard | Zdeněk Kolář | Peter Polansky Brayden Schnur | 6–4, 2–6, [10–4] |
| Loss | 11-10 | Sep 2021 | Biel/Bienne, Switzerland | Challenger | Hard (i) | Dominic Stricker | Ruben Bemelmans Daniel Masur | w/o |
| Loss | 11-11 | Jan 2022 | Traralgon, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Dominic Stricker | Manuel Guinard Zdeněk Kolář | 3-6, 4-6 |
Record against top 10 players
Hüsler's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:
| Player | Record | Win % | Hard | Clay | Grass | Last Match |
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| Number 8 ranked players | ||||||
| Karen Khachanov | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (3–6, 5–7) at 2019 Davis Cup RR |
| Number 9 ranked players | ||||||
| Fabio Fognini | 2–0 | 100% | – | 2–0 | – | Won (7–5, 5–7, 6–4) at 2022 Båstad |
| Nicolás Almagro | 1–0 | 100% | – | 1–0 | – | Won (6–7(8–10), 6–3, 7–6(7–4)) at 2018 Gstaad 1R |
| Jannik Sinner | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2020 Sofia 2R |
| Number 10 ranked players | ||||||
| Pablo Carreño Busta | 1–0 | 100% | 1–0 | – | – | Won (6–3, 3–6, 6–2) at 2022 Sofia 2R |
| Denis Shapovalov | 0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost (6–2, 4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 1–6) at 2022 US Open 1R |
| Total | 4–3 | 57.14% | 1–3 (25%) | 3–0 (100%) | 0–0 ( – ) | * Statistics correct as of 29 September 2022[update]. |
References
- ^ "Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles)".
- ^ "2017 Swiss Indoors doubles draw" (PDF).
- ^ "Rebecca Marino atteint la finale du tournoi de Winnipeg (FR)". 14 July 2018.
- ^ "Hüsler ringt Almagro bei Premiere nieder (DE)". 24 July 2018.
- ^ "Swiss Indoors Doubles Draw" (PDF).
- ^ "Hüsler Hoists Maiden Challenger Trophy At San Luis Open (EN)". 23 April 2019.
- ^ "Huesler Upsets Fognini At Generali Open Kitzbühel". Tennis TourTalk. 10 September 2020.
- ^ "Kubler, Sock, 2012 Nadal Conqueror Rosol Among Wimbledon Qualifiers | ATP Tour | Tennis".
- ^ https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2022-06-23/joy_of_first_time_qualifier.html[bare URL]
- ^ "Hugo Grenier domine Marc-Andrea Huesler au premier tour de Wimbledon".
- ^ "Interview with Marc-Andrea Huesler – "Switzerland is so small"". 28 July 2022.
- ^ @WSOpen (25 August 2022). "Rounding out the field of quarterfinalists is Marc-Andrea Huesler 🇨🇭He knocks out reigning champ I. Ivashka 7-6,…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Botic van de Zandschulp Wins Two Tie-breaks to Reach Winston-Salem SFS | ATP Tour | Tennis".
- ^ "Holger Rune Advances Past Jannik Sinner into Sofia Final".
- ^ "Marc-Andrea Huesler Clinches Maiden Title in Sofia".
- ^ https://www.atptour.com/en/news/huesler-sofia-2022-first-time-winner-spotlight[bare URL]
- ^ https://www.atptour.com/en/news/huesler-sinner-paris-2022-monday
- ^ "2018 Davis Cup World Group - Kazakhstan vs Switzerland".
External links
- Marc-Andrea Hüsler at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Marc-Andrea Hüsler at the International Tennis Federation
- Marc-Andrea Hüsler at the Davis Cup